System of motor control.



B. FRANKENFIELD. SYSTEM 0F 11011011 CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1907.

1,017,257. Patented Feb. 13, 1912. I 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

B. PRANKENFIELD. SYSTEM 0F MOTOR CONTROL.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. s1. 1907.

- 1,017,257, Patented Feb. 18, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

.Am o o o UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BUDD FRANKENFIELD, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR' TO ALLIS-CHALMERS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, AND THEl BULLOCKA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SYSTEM or Moron CONTROL.

Application led January 31, 1907. Serial No. 354,969.

To all whom t may concern.'

Beit known that I, BUDD FRANKENFIELD, citizen of the United States, residing at Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems. of Motor Control, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to systems of motor control, especially in connection with motor Ventilating arrangements.

In dynamo-electric machines,` especially motorswhich vary inV speed, it is often diificult to obtain sufiicient ventilation at the low speeds because the ventilation varies with the speed. Thus it often happens that machines which keep sufficiently cool at the higher speeds, heat up excessively at the lower speeds because of the diminished ventilating effect.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a ventilating system for dynamoelectric machines in which undue rises in temperature are prevented atall speeds.

With this object in View I have devised a system in which there is a main dynamo-Vv electric machine and a small motor arranged to vary in speed inversely, the small motor being arranged to assist in circulating ,a cooling fluid through the main dynamo-electric machine.

The novel features in my invention will be best understood from the description and drawings and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partially sectional end View of a motor embodying my invention, the auxiliary motor being removed for the sake ofclearness. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with some of the parts in section;l and Figs. 3 to 8 in-. elusive are diagrams showing d1 ii'erent methods of connecting the main and auxiliary motors.

The main dynamo-electric machine A, comprising the field magnets or other V stationary member 1() andthe armature or other rotatable member 11, may be of any desired type. The armature core is here shown with Ventilating openings 12 and 12a, but any other scheme or conducting air or other cooling uid through the armature may be used instead of the specific one here illustrated? If desired there may also 'Ventilating openings in or around the field construction.

The casing 13 of the machine A is made Patented Feb. 13,1912. i

with a chamber 14 at one end, this chamber forming a housing for a centrifugal fan 15 driven by an auxiliary motor B. For the `purpose of making the device entirely, selfcontained, the motor B is preferably supported from the motor casing 13, as by arms 19. The fan 15 when operating draws air int-o the chamber 14 through the opening 16 in the otherwise air-tight end of Ithe casing 13, and discharges it through the tube 17 into the o en space Within the support 18 for the en -t-urns of the armature coils, through the Ventilating openings 12 and 12a in the armature core, through or around the iield windings, whence it finally escapes through the vopenings 13a in the casing 13. The armature 11 when rotating draws in air through `the same channel and discharges itthrough theradial openings 12a by centrifugal force. The inlet 16 4may be connected to any desired source of air supply.

The motors A and B maybe controlled in several diiierent ways. In Fig. 3, the field 10 'of the motor A is. connected directly across the line, while the armature 11 is connected in series with a rheostat 20. The motor B is shown as a series motor in this iigure and is connected acrossv the terminals o f the rheostat 20. It is not necessary that the motor B be series connected, however, other forms of motors being equally applicable.

In the operation of the device as connected in Fig. 3, the main switch for the motor A is closed. with the rheostat 20 preferably in its off position. The motor B almost immediately attains full speed and drives the fanv 15 to ventilate the motor Upon upward movement of the arm of the rheostat 20, operative current is supplied to the armature of motor A and the resistance inthe circuit of said armature'is decreased, thus causing said motor A to start and increase in speed. As the speed of motor A increases and the effective rheostat resistance decreases, the potential impressed upon the motor B -is decreased and said motor is caused to slow down. The slowing downof the motor B decreases the speed of .l theifaliii'ithat willlnot 'act to force as air into a'nd through the armature 11,

butbyreasonof its increased speed the latdrawsgin'more air by its own movement ad'lessfair is needed from the fan 15.

The'lmotor'nB should be so designed that it will drive the fan at the proper rate of speed at all timesA to supply the proper thcircuit and is .running at approximately full speed while the motor B 1s. short-cir -cuited 'an fat or approaching a standstill. As the armof rheostat is. moved downx ward, theumotor A is caused` to decrease in yspeed 'while the motor B is started and ldriv'enatthe 'roper speed to make up any 'deficiency in A e amount of air required for proper-ventilation f the machine A.

- same .manner as in Fig. 1

ff 'In Fig. 4 the motor A is controlled in the however, i's connected iferently. The ar- 4. mature of the motor B is connected. directly across 'the line in series with a hlgh resist- 21, While the field winding of the AfinotormB is connected acrossA the rheostat 20 ir-v the circuit of the main motor armature.

' y of the resistance 21, the current in the armature of the motor B remains practically constant regardless of the field strength of said motor and the speed .of the motor varies directly as its field strength. Bfy moving the rheostat 2O to vary the speed o the motor'A, the speed of the motor B isinversely varied and said motor is caused to assist more or less in the ventilation of the motor A as required.

In Fig'. 5, the motor A rheostat .20 in vits armature circuit in the same manner as in Figs. 3and 4. The motor B, however, has its amature connected across the rheostat 20 and its field winding across .the armature 11. By moving` the rheostat`20 to increase the speed of the motor A, the potential impressed upon the for both reasons decreasing the speed of the armature of the motor B is diminished. and

its field strength simultaneously increased,

motor B. By an inverse process the speed of the motor B is increased whenthe rhevostat 20 is moved to decreasethe speed of Lao the .motor A.

In Fig. 6, the motor B is connected across the main motor field winding 10,- andthe speed of the motor A: re ated by a varia le'eld resistance 22. pon increasing the amount vof the resistance 22 in circuit with the eld winding 10, the motor A is caused to increase in speed because of its diminished field strength, and the motor B to de- 'I' crease in speed because of the diminished voltage impressed thereon. Inversely, upon 3. The motor B,

is controlled a" decreasing `the e'ective part of the. resist-A ance 22, the motor A is caused to decrease and the motor B to increase in speed.

In Fig. 7, the s eed of the'motor A is controlled by afie d resistance 22- inthe same manner-as in Fig. 6. The motor B, however, is differently connected.l The armature of the auxiliary motor is connected directly across the line and has in series therewith a high resistance 23 similar to the resistance 21 of Fig. 4. The armature of the motor B therefore carries a substantiallyy constant current. The field of the motor B is connected across the field 10 of the main motor and therefore the speed ofthe motor B varies directly as the strength of `said latter field and inversely as the speed' of the motor A.

In Fig. 8 is shown a system of connections in which the main motor' A is series connected. The speed of the main motor A is arranged to be varied by moving an arm 24 to cut in orout sections of the ieldvresistance 22 and the ield winding 10 successively, thus varying both the field strength ofsaid motor and the resistance inl circuit with themotor armature. \As the arm 24 isv moved to the left, the motor B, which is connected across the effective part of the field winding and resistance, has a lower potential impressed thereon, and 'decreases in speed` as the speedfof the motor A increases.

By an inverse process the s .eed of thev motor B increases as that of t e motor A decreases.

f The term. varies inverselyas is not in- 1oo v tended to be limited in this specification to exact -mathematical inverse proportion, but instead includes any increase in one and decrease in the other of the things specified. Similarly, the term varies directly as is not limited to exact mathematical proportion.

In all the systems of connections which I have here shown, the main dynamo-electric machine A is described as a motor, but my inv ntion is not limited to such application. Ifl esired, the auxiliary motor B together with its fan 15 may be placed at a distance from the main motor 'A instead of being built into vor attached to its casing. Other than -centrifu al fans could be used, and other cooling uids besides air under atmospheric conditions. Moreover the systems of control set forth may be applied for other purposes than ventilating the main dynamoelectric machine.

Other changes may be made in the precise arrangements and connections herel shown and described and all such which do. not depart from the Aspirit and scope of my invention'I aim to cover in the -following claims. What I claim as new is l 1..,The method of Ventilating an electric motor, which consists in producing part of the ventilation by its own rotation and part from an auxiliary source, and varying said parts inversely.

2. In combination, a main electric motor, ventilatinfr means driven thereby, an auxiliary electric motor, ventilatin means driven thereby, and means for varying the speeds of said motors inversely. A

3. In combination, a dynamo-electric machine which ventilates itself by its own rotation, anauxiliary dynamo-electric machine, a fan driven by said auxiliary machine and assisting the ventilation of the main dynamo-electric machine, and means for varying the speeds of the two machines inversely.

4. In combination, a variable speed main dynamo-electric machine which ventilates itself by its own rotation, an auxiliar motor,

a fan driven by said motor and assisting in the ventilation of said main motor, and connections for said auxiliary motor for causing the speed thereof to vary inversely to the speed of said main motor.

5. In combination, a dynamo-electric machine which circulates a cooling fluid through itself by its own rotation, auxiliary means for assisting the circulation of said fluid, and means for varying the amount of assistance given by said auxiliary means inversely to the amount of circulation caused by the rotation of the main dynamo-electric machine. l

In testimony whereof I ax my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

y BUDD FRANKENFIELIS.

' Witnesses:

GEO. B. SGHLEY,

vFRED J. KINSEY. 

